08 Honda Element: Little rubber stopper?

[lokijoker]

I just finished changing the oil in my 08 Honda Element. I went in from the top back of the engine to replace the oil filter. When I was finished and I pulled the cardboard out from under my car, there was a little rubber stopper on there. It is about 1 inch long and about 1 inch wide at the top and it tapers down to about 1/2 inch at the bottom. It has a little rounded nob on top. I might have knocked it loose while trying to get to the oil filter. Anyone know what this could be? To add insult to injury and can’t find where I put it right now or I would take a picture it.

 

[Nukeman7]

Can you post a photo of the rubber stopper when you find it? That would help.

 

[Mechanician]

If it looks like this it's the hood stopper / bumper, should be one in each font corner above the radiator.

 

[lokijoker]

If it looks like this it's the hood stopper / bumper, should be one in each font corner above the radiator.

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That’s it! I must have bumped it off laying over the engine to reach down to the oil filter.

 

[lokijoker]

I did find both rubber stoppers. I found where I placed the one I found on the floor and I can see the other one down inside the front of the engine. I’ll have to figure out how to grab that. To buy one is pretty expensive.